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I’m having a hard time on Deciding to take a job offer in Palo Alto My biggest hesitation is the average rent cost in Palo Alto being $4,200 for a 1 bedroom My personal non negotiable are not having a commute / living...
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Listening to Robert K (Rich Dad) and his partner Tom Wheelwright they said you can take money out of your 401k and take the penalty, but then buy a rental and depreciate it the first year to offset the loss where you ...
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I'm looking to start my investment portfolio and due to the local market heating up, I'm going to have to do it out of state. I'm not bound by location, but mostly looking for decent markets, KC, Birmingham, Indianapo...
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I did advertise the unit with a washer and dryer which would stay from the previous tenant left. Washer broke and tenant told me and wants me to buy them a new one. I told them the previous tenant left and they cou...
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Hello everyone I just saw a property here CA that has need to detached garage with hard floors and an ac. I'm thinking about buying this property because I love the lay out and it was work for my house hack. The gara...
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Does anyone care to share some ideas on incentivizing my contract with a property manager. I am admittedly fairly uneducated in dealing with PM's but from what I've picked up, it almost seems like they get paid more/b...
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My neighbor who is listing his home with a local realtor told me "pick any other brokerage firm as long as it's not Redfin. They don't have the connections to sell your home at as good of a price." I'm a bit skeptic...
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Hi, I’m from New York and interested in buying and holding multifamily properties (primarily). I am currently self-employed, have a down payment to invest and good credit. I’ve been looking at areas like Newark, NJ an...
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I was always under the impression that no-closing-cost-refi means they roll closing costs into the new loan. However a friend of mine claims he just refied his primary residence (loan around 420k) and the loan origina...
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $675,000
Cash invested: $122,812
We went into this LA property with a SFR homebuyer's mindset. We had never...